Minerals that can be mined at a profit are called ores. true or false?

True

Ores are special rocks that contains valuable minerals (usually metals or gems) that can be economically extracted from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed the mineral’s present day economic values. Through mining, ores are extracted from the earth and they are further refined to remove the valuable mineral. The costs associated with mining ores are mainly affected by the concentration of an ore mineral and its form of occurrence.

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